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NOTE: You must receive a passing
grade in each part (Lecture and Lab) separately in order to pass the course
as a whole. If you fail either part,
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THERE IS NO
EXTRA CREDIT!! Doing poorly for a
portion of the semester will not be corrected by any extra projects. Please do not assume you can replace poor
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In the
event that the University cancels classes on the day of a quiz or exam, be
prepared to take the quiz or exam at the next available class period. Any homework or other assignment due to be
turned in on the canceled day, should be turned in at the next time the class
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Students
are expected to be proactive in dealing with issues that require missing
class. The professor would prefer that
students, who are ill, not come to class and potentially spread their illness
to other members of the class. The
professor understands that on occasion unforeseen legitimate circumstances
will arise such as family deaths or other family emergencies that requires a
student miss class. In these cases
however, the student should expend every possible effort to keep the
professor apprised of the situation (usually by email). Let the professor know when you expect to
be back in class. It is unacceptable
to wait until the next time you happen to be in class to let the professor
know what is going on. If you choose
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professor
is within his rights to deny the making up of any missed work or even
accepting previously completed work that was not turned in on time. Finally understand that the professor needs
to be fair to all members of the class and may ask some questions about the
situation. He might require
appropriate documentation from additional sources such as a doctor or the
dean of students. Students are
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Laboratory
work is part of your final grade. Reminder:
You must receive a passing grade in each part (Lecture and Lab) separately in
order to pass the course as a whole.
If you fail either part, regardless of your grade in the other part
you will fail the course!! There
are several possible laboratory sections; you must be registered and
attending one of these sections. It is
quite likely your laboratory instructor will not be the same as your lecture
professor. While the Laboratory grade
is a part of your AS 103 Course grade, each Laboratory instructor will have a
separate syllabus, which outlines the policies of the Laboratory portion of
the course. Labs begin in the FIRST
WEEK OF CLASSES!!! |
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Attendance at all labs is mandatory. Make-ups for quizzes and labs will only be
provided for at the discretion of the professor. This will occur only for reasonable
excuses. Desire to go home for the
weekend or to go hunting are not considered reasonable excuses. Informing the professor BEFORE an
absence is more likely to result in a make-up than informing the professor
after the absence. A missed lab is
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If you must miss a lab and you are trying to arrange an
alternative lab section, you are required to notify both your normal lab
instructor and the lab instructor of the lab you wish to attend instead. It is not always possible due to space
limitations that you will be allowed to attend a different lab section. Please be sure BOTH instructors have agreed
before you just show up to a lab period. |
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There
is no lab manual to purchase. Handouts
for the experiments will be given to you.
All of the work for each lab is to be done in the lab. Each experiment will have a worksheet of
some sort, which must be signed by the professor before you leave the
lab. (Note: All questions are to be
answered in Complete Sentences.
Numerical Answers should contain the appropriate units.) The worksheet will be turned in the
following week. A completed worksheet is worth at most 10 points; an
incomplete signed worksheet is worth at least 5 points. Point deductions will
be assessed for late lab assignments.
Worksheets turned in after the professor has returned that lab
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There
will be weekly quizzes, which will be given at the start of lab. Please
note that you will not receive additional time for the quiz if you are late. You may
not use your labs from the previous weeks, books or any notes during the
quiz, and partners are not working
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During
quizzes, all laptops will be closed (unless you are being asked to create a spreadsheet and graph as
part of the quiz). Students may not use their laptop or cell
phones as a calculator. Also sharing of calculators between
students during quizzes will not usually be allowed. Bring a working, charged calculator. All problems, which require answers, must have
a value not an equation. Moreover, all
numerical answers (unless they are pure numbers), must have an appropriate
set of units. No units when needed, No Credit for the problem!!! |
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Each
week you will be required to turn in a worksheet describing your thoughts
after you have viewed The Astronomy
Picture of the Day. Each day a
picture and a description of this picture are available at the following web
site: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html This site may also be accessed from your professor’s
webpage. The worksheets for these
pictures will be available on the professor’s website. The form should be filled out in WORD and
printed out. Handwritten forms are not acceptable! You
may not email the professor the form; you must print it out. One is due each week of the semester. You may choose any picture from the week
(7 days) prior to your lab meeting.
You are encouraged to look at all of the pictures, but only one each
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Note:
if it should happen that you do not have lab due to the university canceling
lab due to inclement weather, the following lab meeting two pictures of the
day will be due. Pictures of the day
will be graded on a three-point scale with 3 points indicating an excellent
job, and 1 point indicates that you made a minimal effort. It is possible to receive a Zero!!
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Quiz solutions
will be available on the World Wide Web.
The location of my webpage is http://physics.nmu.edu/~ddonovan/classes.html If you need assistance in learning how to use the worldwide web,
see your instructor. Please NOTE: I am NOT
USING Moodle or NMU EduCat. |
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The
professor is always willing to discuss the grading of materials. Students should review their returned work
promptly. If they believe an error in
grading has been made, they should arrange to meet with the professor as soon
as possible after the work is returned.
Grades will not generally be changed
after the student has had the work in their possession for more than one
week. The work should not have
been further marked upon or changed in any way by the student if they wish to
discuss a graded item. The professor
is happy to discuss what is correct or not correct about an item with a
student, but there is no discussion on the number of points awarded or
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The
professor makes every effort to return collected work in a timely
fashion. There may arise situations in
which homework assignments and/or laboratory exercises may not be returned
before the next homework or laboratory exercise is due. Students are reminded that in spite of the
fact that you may not have gotten your previous work back and seen that you
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directions,
this does not mean you cannot be held to following the directions on the
subsequent assignments. The handouts
and their directions remain enforceable unless the professor indicates
otherwise. As always, if you are
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If you have any questions or problems, talk to the
instructor. If you need any special
arrangements, they should be arranged prior to the problem, unless this is
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The
professor will make every effort to respond to all email (ddonovan@nmu.edu ) questions received by 5 PM Monday through Friday, with a
response by 10 PM Monday through Friday.
Students are expected to regularly check their NMU issued email accounts for any messages the professor
may send out to the class as a whole or to an individual in the class. Moreover, when students ask the professor a
question requiring an answer, it is expected for students to check their
email in an equally timely fashion and to confirm the receipt of the answer,
and if necessary provide any answers to questions the professor may have
posed about the situation. The professor reserves the right to
cancel any deals proposed in email correspondence if the student fails to
confirm the deal with a final email. |
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Food of any kind (including snack food) is not allowed in the
lab or classroom. Please do not bring it
in. Drinks will be permitted as long
as care is taken not to have spills occur.
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Students
in this class are expected to conform to a code of academic honesty. While it is encouraged for students to work
together, there are situations where work is expected to be the student’s
whose name appears on the work.
Quizzes and exams are obvious examples of where cheating will not be
tolerated. In lab work, it will often
be the case that both partners will have identical work. However, both partners are to turn in their own completed lab sheets, and
both partners are expected to participate equally in completing the lab
tasks. It is not acceptable for one
partner to do all the work, while the other merely watches and writes. Both partners are expected to understand
the lab exercises. If you have
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sure any cell phones or pagers or other devices do not produce sounds during
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Please do
not engage in conversations at all during lectures and at times when the
professor is lecturing during a lab exercise.
At times when the professor is not lecturing during a lab exercise,
you may have conversations provided they are not offensive or distracting to
other members of the class. |
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AS 103
satisfies part of Division III—Foundations
of Natural Sciences-Mathematics Liberal Studies
requirement.
Students
who complete the science courses should be able to recognize and understand
the scientific method; understand and use scientific concepts; understand and
discuss general scientific articles; and apply their knowledge of science to
everyday experience. Students who complete the mathematics courses should be
able to demonstrate a basic understanding of mathematical logic; use
mathematics to solve scientific or mathematical problems in college classes;
express relationships in the symbolic language of mathematics; and appreciate
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AS 103
satisfies the course required in the General
Education Program’s Quantitative
Reasoning and Analysis Component: Students select one course from this component. Students who complete the Quantitative
Reasoning and Analysis component will demonstrate interpretation of
quantitative data leading to conclusions. |
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If
you have a need for disability-related accommodations or services, please
inform the Coordinator of Disability
Services
in the Dean of Students Office at 2001 C. B. Hedgcock Building (227-1737 or disserv@nmu.edu). Reasonable and
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appropriate documentation, in accordance with federal, state, and University
guidelines. |
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Northern
Michigan University does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of
ancestry, race, color, ethnicity, religion or creed, sex or gender, gender
identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age,
height, weight, marital status, familial status, handicap/disability, sexual
orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic
protected by federal or state law in employment or the provision of
services. NMU provides, upon request, reasonable accommodation including
auxiliary aids and services necessary to afford individuals with disabilities
an equal opportunity to participate in all programs and activities. |
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If
you have questions, or if you believe that a violation or potential violation
of state or federal non-discrimination laws has occurred, is occurring or
will occur, please notify the Equal Opportunity office at 105 Cohodas,
906-227-2420, or the Dean of Students at 2001 C.B. Hedgcock, 906-227-1700.
Mail to either office can be sent to 1401 Presque Isle Avenue, Marquette, MI
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